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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Middlesex County Courthouse where Andy works is filled with what material?
(a) Birds' nests.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Pink insulation.
(d) Asbestos.

2. In what substance is a single fingerprint stamped upon the inside of Ben's sweatshirt?
(a) Ink.
(b) Blood from an unidentified source.
(c) Mustard.
(d) Ben's blood.

3. What is NOT an element Neal mentions when trying to get the judge to set a high bail amount for Jacob?
(a) Jacob's connections to the airline industry.
(b) Jacob's connection to law enforcement through Andy.
(c) The savagery of Jacob's alleged crime.
(d) The great likelihood of conviction.

4. What word is Jacob repeating in his sleep when Andy comes to check on him?
(a) No.
(b) Murder.
(c) Right.
(d) Yes.

5. On what part of Ben's body are the stab wounds found?
(a) His back.
(b) His chest.
(c) His leg.
(d) His head.

6. In what year does Neal subpoena Andy to appear in front of the grand jury?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2011.

7. Ten days after Ben's murder, hundreds of volunteers gather at which park?
(a) Cold Spring Park.
(b) Consolidation Park.
(c) White Dove Park.
(d) Laurel Park.

8. Who finds the military knife in Jacob's room?
(a) Officer Duffy.
(b) Neal.
(c) Laurie.
(d) Andy.

9. What does Lynn tell Andy when he calls her from the park ten days after Ben's murder?
(a) She tells him that Laurie had called earlier in a panic.
(b) She tells him that he is fired.
(c) She tells him to come in to the office to talk to her.
(d) She tells him that he is off Ben's murder case.

10. What object does Andy briefly consider hiding when he races home and makes it there before a warrant is served to search his house?
(a) Laurie's BlackBerry.
(b) Jacob's iPod Touch.
(c) His own laptop.
(d) Jacob's laptop.

11. At what time in their lives had Laurie and Andy met?
(a) In their thirties.
(b) In high school.
(c) In college.
(d) Just after college.

12. The epigraph at the start of Part One is from which text?
(a) Crime and Punishment.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Anna Karenina.
(d) A General Theory of Human Violence.

13. Whom does Andy order to get a confession from Patz?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Neal.
(c) Duffy.
(d) Matthew.

14. What is NOT a descriptor Andy uses to describe Neal?
(a) A potbelly.
(b) Thinning hair.
(c) Short.
(d) Tall.

15. Andy says that though he does not yet know the identity of Ben's murderer, he feels a certain way about him already. How does Andy feel about Ben's murderer?
(a) He dislikes him.
(b) He is impressed by him.
(c) He feels angry at him.
(d) He emulates him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Andy characterizes himself as a person who has been exposed to what?

2. At what location is Jacob ultimately found by the police?

3. When he is arrested, Jacob will only say one phrase over and over. What is it?

4. Laurie says that from what age in Jacob's life, other kids had started to turn up hurt around Jacob?

5. How does Andy say he feels about men of his father's generation?

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